Stalybridge: Huddersfield Narrow Canal: Site of Bridge 98
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Stalybridge: Huddersfield Narrow Canal: Site of Bridge 98
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 10 Jul 2010
This would have been the bridge carrying the now-lifted Stalybridge to Diggle loop, sometimes known as the Micklehurst loop. It originally had four stations, which from the Stalybridge end, were Staley & Millbrook, Micklehurst, Friezland, and Upper Mill (sic). But these were all closed long ago, before the First World War. The line continued to be used for freight and for the odd through passenger train diverted this way, until 1966, but was not lifted for some time after that.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.485096
Longitude
-2.049541